(Translated from German: "Swan song from Lohengrin, sung by royal chamber singer Mr. Kraus. Edison record.")

In the final scene of the opera, Lohengrin's transport, a swan, arrives to take him home,
to which he sings Mein lieber Schwan ("My dear Swan").
Wagner's Schwanlied apparently popularized use of the term
"swan song" being taken to mean a final farewell.

Many thanks to
Norman Bruderhofer for sharing his
translation expertise with this cylinder of the month.